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Fadi Zaghmout |
Fadi Zaghmout is a Jordanian writer and blogger. |
He is best known for his debut novel "Aroos Amman" (2012) which was translated into English by Ruth Kemp. |
2020 Burkinabé general election |
General elections are scheduled to be held in Burkina Faso in November 2020 to elect the President and National Assembly. |
The President is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round will be held. |
The 127 members of the National Assmebly are elected by proportional representation; 111 are elected from 45 multi-member constituencies with between two and nine seats, with 16 elected from a single nationwide constituency. |
In February 2019 former Prime Minister Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo announced that he would contest the presidential elections. |
Hocquart |
Hocquart may refer to: |
1927 Cork Senior Football Championship |
The 1927 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 39th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. |
Macroom entered the championship as the defending champions. |
On 23 October 1927, University College Cork won the championship following a 3-03 to 1-00 defeat of Macroom in the final at the Cork Athletic Grounds. |
This was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1920. |
Angélica Vázquez |
Angélica María Vázquez Godoy (born 14 December 1990) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Libertad/Limpeño. |
She has been a member of the Paraguay women's national team. |
Vázquez played for Paraguay at senior level in two Copa América Femenina editions (2010 and 2014). |
"Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first" |
Abu Bakr Khaal |
Abu Bakr Hamid Khaal is an Eritrean writer. |
He is best known for his 2008 novel "African Titanics" which was translated into English by Charis Bredin. |
He has written a couple of other books, e.g. |
"The Scent of Arms" and "Barkantiyya: Land of the Wise Woman". |
A member of the Eritrean Liberation Front who fought against the Ethiopian government, Khaal also lived in Libya for many years before moving to Denmark. |
Peter Kerr (footballer, born 1943) |
Peter Kerr (born 25 September 1943) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Reading. |
Philip William Skinner Miles |
Philip William Skinner Miles (1816 – 1 October 1881), sometimes spelled Skynner Miles, was a British Conservative politician. |
He was the son of Member of Parliament (MP) Philip John Miles and Clarissa née Peach. |
Miles was elected a Conservative MP for Bristol at the 1837 general election and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election. |
Miles was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1863. |
He was Chairman of the Port and Pier Railway Company. |
In 1846 Miles married Pamela Adelaide Napier (1823-1910), daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier and Caroline Amelia Fox. |
They had one child, Philip Napier Miles (1865–1935). |
Miles died on 1 October 1881 at Kings Weston House aged 65. |
Priyanka Nalkari |
Priyanka nalkari better known as Priyanka is an Indian film television actress and anchor who worked in many Telugu and Tamil films in a guest role. |
She is now playing lead role in Roja serial. |
She is one of the leading actresses in the television. |
Nalkari is an Indian film and television actress native to Hyderabad. |
In 2010, she debuted in the Telugu film "Andari Bandhuvaya" directed by Chandra Siddhartha. |
"Kanchana 3" (2019) is the first featured Kollywood film of Priyanka Nalkari. |
In 2018, she came to limelight after her portrayal in the Tamil serial "Roja". |
Previously, she featured in the Telugu serial "Meghamala" which was aired on ETV Telugu. |
She has also featured in the comedy reality show Anubhavinchu Raja. |
Nalkari predominantly worked in telugu film's and some tamil films. |
Joseph Verrengia |
Joseph Verrengia (born February 9, 1964) is an American politician who has served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 20th district since 2011. |
Pablo Vázquez |
Pablo Vázquez may refer to: |
2010–11 Scottish Men's National League season |
The 2010–11 season was the 42nd campaign of the Scottish Men's National League, the national basketball league of Scotland. |
The season featured 10 teams, including four new teams from the previous season; Stirling Knights, Dunfermline Reign, Glasgow University and the second team of BBL side Glasgow Rocks joined the league. |
City of Edinburgh Kings won their 8th league title. |
The line-up for the 2010-2011 season features the following teams: |
Final |
Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (September–December 2019) |
The following is a timeline of the Syrian Civil War from September–December 2019. |
Information about aggregated casualty counts is found at Casualties of the Syrian Civil War. |
In October 2019, Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring amid a U.S. withdrawal. |
In response to the Turkish offensive, Russia arranged for negotiations between the Syrian government in Damascus and the Kurdish-led forces. |
Russia also negotiated a renewal of a cease-fire between Kurds and Turkey that was about to expire. |
The US withdrawal caused major policy debate amongst US officials. |
Some officials asserted that they had advised the Kurds for some time to reach some understanding with Turkey. |
“We did not give a military guarantee to the Kurds against Turkey...” said James Jeffrey at a hearing on Oct. 22. |
“In fact, much of our conversations with the Kurds [was] that you had to find some kind of political accommodation with Turkey because you couldn’t count on us to keep the Turks out militarily.” |
Amid the Turkish offensive and U.S. withdrawal, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi announced that they were ready to partner with Russia and Bashar al-Assad's Syrian government, stating that "... if we have to choose between compromises and the genocide of our people, we will surely choose life for our people." |
According to Syrian Kurdish officials, the deal allowed Syrian government forces to take over security in some border areas, but their own administration would maintain control of local institutions. |
Syrian troops entered some key towns in northeastern Syria, including Manbij, Tell Tamer, Kobanî, and Ayn Issa, and took up position in some areas to oppose Turkish troops that were threatening various Kurdish forces. |
The developments led to Kurdish concern that the independence of their declared Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES) in Rojava might be severely curtailed. |
On 15 October, Russian forces began patrolling along the contact line between Turkish and Syrian government forces in northeast Syria, filling the security vacuum created by the sudden U.S. withdrawal. |
Video footage showed Russian soldiers and journalists touring a base that the U.S. left behind. |
Alexander Lavrentiev, Russia's special envoy on Syria, warned that the Turkish offensive into Syria was unacceptable and stated that Russia was seeking to prevent conflict between Turkish and Syrian troops. |
Russia and Turkey made an agreement via the Sochi Agreement of 2019 to set up a Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone. |
Syrian President Assad expressed full support for the deal, as various terms of the agreement also applied to the Syrian government. |
Following the creation of the Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone the SDF stated that it was ready to merge with the Syrian Army if when a political settlement between the Syrian government and the SDF is achieved. |
The Syrian Democratic Council said it was ready to have positive discussions with the Assad government. |
They said their focus would shift to stopping the Turkish invasion. |
On 30 October, the recently-negotiated Syrian Constitutional Committee held its inaugural meeting. |
In November 2019, refugees in Northeast Syria reported they had received no help from international aid organizations. |
On 20 November 2019, a new Syrian Constitutional Committee, with about 150 members, began discussing a new settlement and to draft a new constitution for Syria. |
The committee includes representatives of the Syrian government, opposition groups, and countries serving as guarantors of the process such as Russia. |
However, this committee has faced strong opposition from the Syrian government. |
50 of the committee members represent the Assad government, and 50 members represent the opposition. |
The committee began working in November 2019 in Geneva, under UN auspices. |
However, the Syrian government delegation left on the second day of the process. |
On 24 November, pro-government forces launched a new Idlib offensive, the largest offensive by the Syrian government in Idlib in more than three months. |
Russia and Syria escalated their attacks against rebel forces in Idlib. |
This was criticized by the United States and U.S. President Donald Trump issued a warning against violence against civilians in Idlib. |
A new international issue emerged when Syrian forces reached the area of various Turkish outposts, and Erdogan said that Turkish forces would not withdraw from any position. |
Syrian troops closed in on the town of Maaret al-Numan. |
On December 30, 2019, the US launched air strikes in Syria against rebel groups allied with Iran. |
It appeared that Turkey was withdrawing all of its forces away from the al-Shirkark silos, which hold important supplies of wheat, this seemed to be a result of Russian mediation. |
However, some reports said they later returned to re-occupy that area. |
Russia said it would pledge to remove Turkish forces from a key highway in northern Syria, and replace them with Russian forces to maintain stability. |
Russian and Turkish forces are continuing their joint patrols. |
Questions remained about how much control Turkey has over its proxies, such as the Free Syrian Army. |
Turkey has begun to appoint local mayors and governors in several northern Syrian towns. |
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